DIDACTICS OF ITALIAN LANGUAGE

Didattica dell'italiano is especially designed for the students wishing to pursue a teaching career. The aim of the course is to provide students with the methodological tools for teaching Italian in middle and high schools. In addition to the basic topics (normative sources for the teaching of Italian language; nature of grammar; teaching of writing), this year's focus will be on didactics of the spoken language.

At the end of the course, students will be able to identify and select teaching methods, techniques and materials suitable for achieving the learning outcomes envisaged by the regulations in the various school orders and grades for the teaching of Italian. They will know how to orientate themselves in relation to the main linguistic tasks required of Italian teachers: teaching grammar; guiding students in understanding and analysing texts; stimulating the development of writing and speaking skills.

Knowledge of Italian language and Italian grammar is required, which will be ani any case tested through the volume of M. Prandi/C. De Santis, Grammatica italiana essenziale e ragionata, Turin, Utet, 2020 (see better below).

The contents of the course cover the following topics: the school legislation, the language education, the reflection on the notions of grammar and error, the teaching of the written and spoken text. A general part is followed by a monographic part devoted to one of the main topics related to the teaching of Italian language: writing skills, speaking skills, text comprehension, relationship between norm and usage, vocabulary expansion, inclusive education (learning disabilities, plurilingualism and pluriculturalism) and so on.

The reference texts to be studied by every student are the following ones:
- Cignetti / Demartini / Fornara / Viale, Didattica dell'italiano come lingua prima, Bologna, il Mulino, 2022 (except for pages 97-121 and 320-328);
- Prandi / De Santis, Grammatica italiana essenziale e ragionata, Torino, Utes, 2020 (only chapters 1, 2, 3, 8, 10);
- Sammarco / Voghera, Ascoltare e parlare. Idee per la didattica, Firenze, Cesati, 2021 (fully).

The final learning assessment consists of an oral interview on the topics covered in the course and on the reference texts, during which the following items will be tested:
- the mastery of the basic contents;
- the ability to make connections beyond the order in which information is given or contained in the texts;
- accuracy and precision in exposition.
Any presentations given or term papers written during the course will contribute to the overall assessment.

oral

Assessment criteria:
A. scores in the 18-22 range will be awarded in the presence of:
- acceptable but barely or slightly more than adequate knowledge of the syllabus;
- limited text analysis skills and barely or little more than adequate expository and argumentative skills;
B. scores in the 23-26 range will be awarded in the presence of:
- fair knowledge of the examination syllabus;
- discrete text analysis and expository and argumentative skills (some inaccuracy in the use of discipline-specific language is noted);
C. scores in the 27-30 range and honors will be awarded in the presence of:
- good, very good or excellent knowledge of the syllabus;
- good excellent or excellent ability to analyze texts, exposition and argumentation, with full mastery of the technical language of the discipline (27-30) and personal critical contribution.

The course includes lectures with the support of multimedia tools (Word, Power Point, etc.), during which the active participation of students will be stimulated. Part of the course may be set in seminar mode, with students presenting in-depth studies on topics agreed upon with the lecturer.

Italian

Language of the course: Italian.

This subject deals with topics related to the macro-area "Human capital, health, education" and contributes to the achievement of one or more goals of U. N. Agenda for Sustainable Development